Hanger for displaying textile articles



(No Model.) 8

M.- TUGHFELD.

HANGER FOR DISPLAYING TEXTILE ARTICLES.

N0. 391,868. Patented Oct. 30, 1888.

llmrnn STATES PATENT rFIcE.

MOSES TUGHFELD, OF JACKSON, TENNESSEF.

HANGER FOR DISPLAYING TEXTILE AR'l'lCLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part. of Letters Patent; No. 391,868, dated October 30, 1888.

Application filed August 18, 1888. Serial No. 283,095. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it know n that I, Mosns TUOHFELD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Jackson, in the county of Madison and State of Tennessee, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hangers for Displaying Textile Articles; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to hangers for exhibiting textile goods; and its object is to enable single articles or a mated pair of articles to be removed from a collection without disturbance of the rest or of the rack, frame, or bar in or upon which the goods are displayed.

In the accompanying drawings, wherein like letters represent like parts, Figure 1 isafront elevation of the wire frame of the hanger; Fig. 2, a rear perspective of the complete hanger; Fig. 8, a perspective view showing the mode of attaching the hanger to an article intended to be displayed; Fig. 4, a perspective view of the hanger when about to be detached from the article by adown ward pull upon the latter, and Fig. 5 an alternative form of the body of the hanger shown in perspective.

Ais a length of flexible wire bent into the particualar form shown in Fig. 1. The loop a formed at the top serves as a ring by which the hanger can be suspended from a hook or a bar or other suitable support. Asliank, B, of plate metal, is fitted upon the hanger in the manner shown in Fig. 2. This shank has a tongue, I), bent over the loop a in the manner shown in Fig. 2, which prevents the loop from bending forward out of place, and also keeps the shank from'sliding up or down on the vertical limbs of the wire to interfere with or weaken the springing power of the hanger. Attached to the loop a by a cord or chain, 0, is a sharppointed pin, D, the purpose and operation of which is shown in Fig. 3, which exhibits a stocking displayed from and at tached to the hanger. By pulling steadily downward upon the stocking the horizontal arms of the hanger are brought into an approximately vertical position, as shown in Fig. 4, and as soon as they clear the pin they resume their horizontal position, and the pull being continued the stocking is drawn from the pin and is free in the hand, the hanger being in position for further use without (lisarrangcment of any other hanger or article upon the same support.

I may prefer to dispense with the shank B and form the hanger as shown in Fig. 5.

In Fig. 3 I show (but do not claim) a good form of wire frame for the support of a series of my hangers, such frame being of flexible wire and adapted to fit around or upon asuitable bar.

I claim- The combination, in a hanger for displaying textile fabrics, of a wire frame, A, a shank, B, fitted upon said frame and having a tongue, b. bent over the loop a of said frame, a chain, 0, attached by one end to the said loop, and the pin D, attached to the free end of said chain, the whole constructed and arranged as hereinbefore shown and described, and for the purposes set forth. I

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

MOSES TUGHFELD.

\Vitnesses:

J. L. IlICFARLAND, FRANK B. MAnLow. 

